Introduction, features of women entrepreneurship, why women become entrepreneurs, qualities, tips for women entrepreneurs, facilitating factors, opportunities, challenges, problems, remedial measures, steps taken by government, training programs, supporting agencies and about some famous women entrepreneurs

3.  “Somebody once said,
educate a woman & u will
educate a family. I am
saying empower a
woman to become an
entrepreneur, & you will
create an entire family of
entrepreneurs. Women
entrepreneurship is the
need of the nation right
now, it is the surest
quickest way to make
INDIA a super power.

4.  Women entrepreneurs may be defined as ”A
women or group of women who initiate,
organize and run a business enterprise”.
 GI has defined “ An enterprise owned and
controlled by a women having a minimum
financial interest of 51% of the capital &
giving at least 51% of the employment
generated in the enterprise to women”.

5.  Imaginative
 Attribute to work hard
 Ability and desire to take risk
 Profit earning capacity
 Most women with small income are likely to
become entrepreneurs.

6. To become economically independent
To establish their own enterprise
To establish their identity their society
To achieve excellency in their endeavor
To build confidence to themselves
To develop risk assuming ability
To claim equal status in society
To secure greater freedom & mobility
Liking for business
An urge to do something new

7. • Accept challenges
• Ambitious
• Hard work
• Patience
• Motivator
• Adventurous
• Conscious
• Educated
• Intelligent

9.  Adequate financial facilities
 Self satisfaction
 Innovative thinking
 Co-operation from family
 Morale support from friends & relatives

10.  Free entry into world trade
 Improved risk taking ability
 Govt of nations withdrawn some restrictions
 Technology & inventions spread into the
world
 Benefits of specialization
 Social & cultural development
 Encouragement to innovations & inventions

11.  Problems of raising equity capital
 Difficulty in borrowing fund
 Problems of availing RM
 Problems of TRIPS & TRIMS

13.  Problem of raw material
 Marketing problem
 Infrastructure problem
 Lack of awareness
 Lack of education
 Lack of family support
 Low of business information
 Low of risk bearing ability
 Limited mobility
 Competition
 Male dominance

14. Financial assistance
Simple legal formalities
Creating awareness & education
Co-operation from agencies
Training and development
Offering concessions
Women’s cell
Women entrepreneurs’ association

15.  Mahila Vikas Nidhi
 District industries center
 Rashtriya Mahila Kosh
 Training Programs

16.  Under mahila vikas nidhi, a cumulative help
of Rs. 80.4 million was sanctioned, during
the period 1990-2001 . Various training-
cum production centers set up by NGOs
mostly relate to activities like sericulture,
spinning, weaving, block printing,
handloom products, handicrafts etc.

17.  DICs arrange various lectures and seminars
etc. in girls colleges and technical institutes
to encourage them to set up their own
enterprises.

18.  It was set up in 1993 to provide micro-
credit to poor women who had no access to
financial institution at reasonable rates of
interest with very low transaction costs and
simple procedures. It proved quite useful
for lower income group women.

20.  The government of India has started various
training programs schemes exclusively for
self-employment of women. The training
programs include Support for Training and
Employment Programs of women (STEP) and
Development of Women and Children in
Rural Areas (DWCRA).
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22. Country Percentage
India (1970-1971) 14.2
India (1980-1981) 19.7
India (1990-1991) 22.3
India (2000-2011) 31.6
USA 45
UK 43
Indonesia 40
Sri Lanka 35
Brazil 35
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23. States No of Units
Registered
No. of Women
Entrepreneurs
Percentage
Tamil Nadu 9618 2930 30.36
Uttar Pradesh 7980 3180 39.84
Kerala 5487 2135 38.91
Punjab 4791 1618 33.77
Maharashtra 4339 1394 32.12
Gujarat 3872 1538 39.72
Karnataka 3822 1026 26.84
Madhya Pradesh 2967 842 28.38
Other States &
UTS
14576 4185 28.71
Total 57,452 18,848 32.82
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24. 29%
7%
12%15%
20%
13%
4%
General
Electronics
Engineering
Plastics
Chemicals
Textiles
Leather

26. As per 1991 (cs) only 1,85,900 women
entrepreneur (in handlooms , agriculture and
agro based )
1995-96 only 2,95,680 women entrepreneur
During the 8th five year plan appreciable
increase
In another 5 year plan the no. of women
entrepreneur increase up to 5,00,000
They are engaged in marketing ,
communication , it sector , banking sector etc.
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27. Domestic Agencies:
 Small Industries Development Bank of India,
SIDBI
 Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI)
 Ministry of Small Scale Industries (SSI),
Government of India.
 National Bank for Agriculture Rural
Development (NABARD)
 Department of Women and Child
Development (WCD), Ministry of HRD, GOI
 Self Help Groups (SHG)
 Mahila Mandali

28. International Agencies:
 United Nations Development Fund for
Women (UNIFEM)
 Asian Development Bank (ADB)
 International Labour Organization (ILO)
 United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD)
 Center for International Private Enterprises
(CIPE), USA
 Swedish International Development
Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Sweden
 World Trade Organization (WTO)

29. Association of Women Entrepreneurs of
Karnataka(AWAKE)
Federation of Indian Women Entrepreneurs
(FIWE)
Self-help Groups (SHGs)
Mahila Udyog Nidhi (MUN)
The Trade Related Entrepreneurship
Association & Development (TREAD)
BANK PF India’s Priyadarshini yojana
Other Schemes

30.  SHAHNAZ HUSAIN
 In 1977 she setup her
own salon at her house
in delhi
 Initial investment 35000
 By 2002 the company
had over 650 salons
around the world,
employing 4200 people.
The network of the
company was $100
million

31.  Started her own
company in 1978
 Initial investment
10000it is the first ISO
9001 company in
biotechnology & the
first Indian company to
produce human insulin
having pichia
pastories- anyeast
organism as raw
material


32.  Ekta kapoor born
on 7 june 1975
 She is a television,
film producer and
joint MD of balaji
telefilms.
 2012 asia’s social
empowerment
award.

33.  Born on 28 october
1955 in madras,
tamil nadu
 Chairman and CEO
of pepsico
 Nooyi has been
named 2009 CEO of
the year by global
supply chain
leaders group

34.  Microsoft India managing
director, leads Microsoft's
sales and marketing
operations in the country.
A Stephenian (graduated
in 1980), she passed out
of Delhi's Faculty of
Management Studies in
1982. Back then, while
she was keen to join
FMCG majors like
Hindustan Lever and
Asian Paints, both
companies rejected
Dhawan as they did not
want to appoint women

35.  Managing director of
apollo hospitals
 In sep 2012, she the
was elected to the
board as
independent director
of medical
technology company
Medtronic.she
master,s degree in
public administration
from annamalia
university.

36.  Born on 1967
 she was nominated
for the economic
times awards as the
businessperson of
the year (2002-2003)
 Paul has been
conferred with the
padma shri awardby
govt of India on eve
of the republic day,
Jan 2012